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German or Southern Netherlandish

Illuminated Initial "H" from a Psalter or Breviary

c. 1450s
Manuscript cutting in tempera and gold leaf, with Latin inscriptions in brown and red ink, unruled, on vellum
13.5 × 9.8 cm (5.3 × 3.9 in)

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